I finnished Systemic Shock, and if anybody is interested, or for future reference if someone searches for this title:
I liked the book, although it is up to and including the end not in a post-apocalyptic, in my opinion not even an apocalyptic setting. Yes in the beginning it looks like an apocalypse, and yes, many people die, but the central government remains, and many countries remain more or less the same.
The second half of the book is nothing else than a "normal" war/agent story, with some mentioning of the big war. Furthermore the author continuously switches from "The US" to first person plural, sometimes even in mid-sentence, or even twice in a sentence.

Yup, the whole post was going to be "Lucifer's Hammer is slow to start but gets rolling in the second half, you should give it and chance and finish it".

However, my wife took a bad fall and I had to rush her to the emergency room so I basically shut everything I was doing down in a semi-panic and left to take care of business. Didn't even realize I'd posted until today, I thought I had canceled out.

Regardless, a "different" kind of apocalypse story is "Magic Time" by Marc Zicree, or perhaps Ariel: A Book of the Change by Steven R. Boyett

Yup, the whole post was going to be "Lucifer's Hammer is slow to start but gets rolling in the second half, you should give it and chance and finish it".

However, my wife took a bad fall and I had to rush her to the emergency room so I basically shut everything I was doing down in a semi-panic and left to take care of business. Didn't even realize I'd posted until today, I thought I had canceled out.

Regardless, a "different" kind of apocalypse story is "Magic Time" by Marc Zicree, or perhaps Ariel: A Book of the Change by Steven R. Boyett

Twilight of the Dead by Travis Atkins
After Twilight: Walking with the Dead by Travis Atkins
Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne
Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne
Dead City by Joe McKinney
Down the Road by Bowie Ibarra
Down the Road: On the Last Day by Bowie Ibarra
Down the Road: Fall of Austin by Bowie Ibarra
Plague of the Dead by Z.A. Recht
Dying to Live by Kim PaffenrothThunder and Ashes by Z.A. Recht
Dying to Live: Life Sentence by Kim Paffenroth
Dying to Live: Last Rites by Kim Paffenroth
Dead Earth by Mark Justice
Dead Earth: The Green Dawn by Mark Justice
Eden by Tony Monchinski
World War Z by Max Brooks
Monster Island by David Wellington
Monster Nation by David Wellington
Monster Planet by David Wellington
Feed By Mira Grant

All but the first two should be on Amazon or B&N, not sure if Kobo or Sony has them.

Twilight of the Dead by Travis Atkins
After Twilight: Walking with the Dead by Travis Atkins
Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne
Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne
Dead City by Joe McKinney
Down the Road by Bowie Ibarra
Down the Road: On the Last Day by Bowie Ibarra
Down the Road: Fall of Austin by Bowie Ibarra
Plague of the Dead by Z.A. Recht
Dying to Live by Kim PaffenrothThunder and Ashes by Z.A. Recht
Dying to Live: Life Sentence by Kim Paffenroth
Dying to Live: Last Rites by Kim Paffenroth
Dead Earth by Mark Justice
Dead Earth: The Green Dawn by Mark Justice
Eden by Tony Monchinski
World War Z by Max Brooks
Monster Island by David Wellington
Monster Nation by David Wellington
Monster Planet by David Wellington
Feed By Mira Grant

All but the first two should be on Amazon or B&N, not sure if Kobo or Sony has them.